Infinite Puzzle City

Chapter 32: Full Carriage
"Evil Spirit Alley?"

Xiao Ran was sure that he had not heard the station name wrong, but he didn't remember this station being on the bus stop sign?

This couldn't help but give Xiao Ran a bad feeling in his heart.

He tightened his cape and temporarily broke the fusion with the trainee. He used the trainee to activate the [Black Swan Brooch] on his chest to ensure that he could detect danger immediately.

He then put the [E-level Cursed Death Ring] on his finger to ensure that it could be activated at any time.

Finally he grasped the dagger in his hand and hid it under his wide cloak.

I found a seat a little closer to the driver and a little further away.

As soon as he sat down, the man in the vest who was still lying on the ground seemed to have recovered his breath. He raised his head with a confused look on his face, and then looked at the ticket in front of him. He was stunned where he stood. It took him a while to come back to his senses. When he looked up, he saw Xiao Ran sitting on the chair, his eyes suddenly lit up.

"Brother, brother, where is this?"

The man walked over quickly and sat directly in the empty seat next to Xiao Ran.

Maybe he was stimulated too much, the man in the vest never stopped talking as soon as he sat down. First, he said that he appeared here inexplicably, then there was the voice of the mystery city trial in his mind, and then he ran into the female ghost in a daze, and ran into the car in a panic.

"As soon as I got up from the bushes, the woman turned her head. Yes, she turned her head, her head turned around, but her body didn't move..."

The man in the vest was talking and gesticulating, but Xiao Ran was looking at the bus.

There are yellowed wooden seats and posters from old times still on the walls.

Although it was a bit old, Xiao Ran noticed that every place was cleaned very cleanly this time, even the iron plate under the seat was wiped very shiny.

Considering the curses the driver swore when he hit the monster, it can be seen that the driver seems to be particularly caring about this car.

A picture frame hangs on the partition behind the driver's seat.

【Rules for riding】

1: Please do not stick your head out of the window while the vehicle is moving.

2: Keep the vehicle clean and tidy.

3: This vehicle does not advocate respecting the elderly and loving the young, or actively giving up seats.

4: There are no ticket inspectors on this train at the moment, so ticket purchase is entirely based on your own conscience.

5: There is a strange rumor that if you see someone carrying a coffin on a bus, please leave the vehicle immediately, regardless of whether you have reached your stop or not.

If the coffin is red, please relax and write a suicide note so that you will feel more relaxed when you die.

"Strange talk!"

Xiao Ran's attention was attracted by the fifth rule. He remembered that the reminder said that one must pay attention to local ghost stories. He didn't expect that there would be some on the bus as well.

"Brother, do you have a cell phone? Lend it to me to make a call."

The man in the vest talked a lot of nonsense, and his mood gradually calmed down. "I was just lying in the car to take a rest, but I suddenly came to this place. I didn't bring my phone or wallet with me."

Xiao Ran did not refuse when he heard this and handed the phone to him directly. However, when the man took it and took a look, he found that the phone had no signal at all. He immediately looked embarrassed and returned the phone to Xiao Ran.

"What on earth is this place? What is the mystery city??"

The man in the vest continued to ask tentatively.

Xiao Ran shook his head. He didn't have the problem of being a teacher. Not to mention that the other party had not yet become a beginner, it was useless to say more. Moreover, he only had a vague understanding of the mystery city. He could only say; "I don't know now, but you'd better follow the clues."

Seeing Xiao Ran's cold look, the man in the vest was unable to answer for a moment. He sat aside and looked around anxiously.

It was during this moment that the vehicle began to slow down slowly.

Xiao Ran sat by the window and looked out the window. Outside the window was a cemetery that stretched as far as the eye could see.

Gradually, sporadic flames appeared in the field of vision, but these flames were green and more like the rumored phosphorescence.

"Squeak... squeak..."

The sound of brakes was getting closer and closer. Xiao Ran saw a white lantern hanging on the roadside. There was no station, but there was a platform similar to a station. "Sure enough!!"

Seeing this, Xiao Ran narrowed his eyes and said, "I knew it wouldn't be so easy. Apparently, the platforms I saw at the station were not all the platforms. Or rather, those platforms were for beginners like us. The invisible platforms are the real dangerous places."

“We need to stop the car!!”

The man in the vest noticed that the car was slowing down, so he raised his head and looked out the window. Seeing the broken walls outside and the sporadic phosphorescent lights flickering in the distance, his body suddenly froze and he sat in his chair, not daring to move.

"Ding Dong, welcome to bus No. 404. We have arrived at Ghost Alley. Passengers getting off please move to the back door."

As the broadcast sounded from the loudspeaker, the car was approaching the platform.

“Squeak…Puff!”

"Boom!"

The front and rear doors opened, and wisps of white smoke floated in from outside the doors.

"Hey...what's that smell?"

The man in the vest covered his mouth and nose with the vest, and a strong stench rushed into his nose. The stench was indescribable.

Like mixing half a bucket of rotten crayfish with half a bucket of fish intestines and other animal offal from the market, covering it with a lid, leaving it there for a few days in the hot summer, and the first whiff of smell when the lid is opened.
“It stinks~!”

The man in the vest waved his hands. He felt like vomiting and dry-heaved a few times before he could barely get used to it.

"No one's getting on the bus?"

After a while, the car door remained open. The man in the vest was beginning to get impatient. This place was too smelly and he really didn't want to stay there even for a moment.

I turned around to look at Xiao Ran beside me and found that Xiao Ran was not saying anything and was just staring at the front door of the car.

"This guy... is dressed so strangely, he doesn't look like a normal person."

The man in the vest pondered secretly.

"Passengers on the bus, please hold on and sit down. The next stop is [Guling Street]. Passengers getting off, please move to the back door."

As soon as the car door slowly closed, the man in the vest completely relaxed. He glanced at the empty seats around him and immediately thought of changing seats.

Although Xiao Ran looked normal, the man in the vest always felt uncomfortable sitting with him.

He didn't pay attention to it at first, but now that he had calmed down, the smell on Xiao Ran's body made the man in the vest feel more and more creepy. Although the smell was very faint, he could still smell it. It was the smell of a dead person.

Just like my seventh uncle who was found dead in his room three days after being found last winter.

Thinking of this, the man in the vest said, "I'll go take a look at the back." and was about to stand up.

But at this time, Xiao Ran grabbed his clothes.

"do not move!"

Xiao Ran's face turned serious. He glanced sideways at the empty carriage, his expression becoming more serious.

The man in the vest looked at Xiao Ran in confusion. Just as he was about to say something, a drop of water suddenly fell on his face. He subconsciously wiped it with his hand, and a cold feeling spread throughout his body.

He instinctively raised his head and muttered to himself: "Leaking?"

However, when he raised his head, a woman's face had appeared above his head without him noticing.

The face was covered by black hair, and between the messy hair, a pair of red eyes were staring straight at him.

The man in the vest felt his body stiffen, and a chill rushed from his heels to the top of his head. When he glanced around, his scalp tingled.

As the car started.

The street lights outside the window shone through the window glass, and the originally empty carriage was now full of people.

(End of this chapter)