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Chapter 179 A Warning from the Black Chrysalis, The World's Number One Vehicle (Seeking Monthly Tickets)
On the quiet platform No. 7, Hei Yong hung upside down under the eaves, flipping through comics and chatting with Su Zimai.

Suddenly, a roaring sound came from the tunnel, instantly engulfing the entire world.

The two suddenly turned their heads and looked at the train tunnel, which had been built many years ago.

The searchlights of the train demons cleaved through the night, illuminating their faces as their hundred-meter-long bodies burst forth from the pitch-black tunnel.

At the same time, the two people on the platform raised their hands and covered their ears in perfect unison.

The next moment, a deafening screech of brakes rang out.

The train's engine suddenly stopped, and the entire carriage, like the body of a snake, abruptly curved upwards from the middle section before slowly returning to a flat shape and coming to a stop on the tracks at platform 7.

The wheels rubbed against the rails, producing a sharp, piercing screech that made one scream and scratch, followed by a burst of sparks.

After a while, the hundred-meter-long vehicle finally calmed down.

The train demon was entirely dark red, its enormous body almost completely blocking out the moonlight, instead casting a bottomless shadow onto the empty platform.

Fortunately, the carriage was brightly lit, with warm orange light spreading outwards, illuminating the surroundings like fireflies on a Christmas tree.

Su Zimai lowered her head and stood on the platform with a helpless expression, waiting for the train doors to open.

Suddenly, a hissing sound came from the front of the train, and billowing waves of steam gushed out from the gaps between the carriages, instantly covering the entire platform like the smoke exhaled by a giant after smoking an oversized cigar.

Moments later, the smoke that had filled the platform dissipated, revealing the true face of the train demon in the night.

Its entire surface is like a mirror, reflecting the cold, icy moonlight.

At this moment, a dark red face was embedded in the front of the car. The face was old, but the eyebrows were long and thick, steam was blowing out of the nostrils, and the mouth was tightly pursed, making him look like an angry old man.

The platform fell completely silent.

"Sorry to keep you waiting, gentlemen." With that, the door to carriage number 5 opened from the inside, and a woman in a long brown overcoat, a cigarette dangling from her lips, stepped out. A faint smile played on her lips.

"Commander, why does your train demon always cause such a commotion?" Su Zimai slowly released her hands and sighed.

Ke Qirui raised her hand to adjust the beret on her head and said with a smile, "There's nothing I can do. I've told it so many times, but it just won't stop making noise."

"I feel like my hearing is going to drop drastically from hanging out with you for so long. I might have to wear a hearing aid when I get old."

Su Zimai was full of resentment.

As the two were talking, a soft voice came from above: "It's been a while, Miss Ke. I'm relieved to see you still looking so energetic."

"It's only a week, is it really that long?"

As Ke Qirui spoke, he put away his pipe, curled his lips, and looked up at the black cocoon hanging upside down under the eaves.

“A week is a long time, at least for me, this week has been exceptionally long,” Black Chrysalis said. “Excuse me, are your two teammates in the carriage?”

"Of course, the Ghost Train is a unified entity; we generally do not operate alone."

While looking at the comic, Black Chrysalis said, "Okay, what I mean is... those two don't seem to have a good temper. It's best not to put me in the same carriage as them, otherwise I'm worried they'll start a fight with me."

"Oh my... I never thought that our all-powerful and all-knowing Mr. Black Chrysalis would worry about such things."

Ke Qirui paused for a moment, then said sarcastically, "What a pity. You can rest assured that since even the girl who dislikes you the most here is getting along with you, the other two members of the group will naturally be able to get along with you as well."

"Is that so?" Black Chrysalis tilted her head, narrowing her eyes suspiciously. "You really won't trick me into getting on the train and then beat me up, will you?"

"How could that be?" Ke Qirui chuckled. "They actually wanted to thank you for saving Xiaomai for them that day. If you hadn't intervened, given the personalities of these two reserved guys, they would most likely have regretted it for the rest of their lives, right?"

"Commander!" Su Zimai glared at her, protesting in a low voice, "Even if the giant moth hadn't come to save me, I wouldn't have died that day, okay?"

She tilted her head slightly and snorted coldly: "I only went easy on Xia Pingzhou because he's one of our own."

Black Chrysalis shrugged: "Thank you, I will convey your kindness to Mr. Xia Pingzhou. Thank you for not only letting him go, but also boosting the sales of BabyBus brand diapers."

He paused for a moment: "Oh... the reason I say it boosted the sales of BabyBus diapers is because I will write about this in my autobiography in the future, and my autobiography will become a best-selling book for teenagers aged twelve to twenty all over the world. I'm sure this will boost the sales of this diaper."

Su Zimai's eyes twitched slightly, her face flushed red, and she was about to get angry when Ke Qirui suddenly patted the top of her head and said without turning his head:

"Alright, a loss is a loss... Xu Sanyan and Lin Zhengquan definitely know the situation better than you do."

Hei Yong closed the book "Goodbye Erii" and looked up to meet Ke Qirui's gaze.

"Judging from my achievements, I should at least deserve a private VIP compartment, right?" he asked.

Ke Qirui smiled and said, "Of course, but you'll have to sit with us for now, because we need to discuss the key points of tomorrow's operation, and also... ask you about 'Xia Pingzhou'."

As she finished speaking, she lowered her voice slightly, took a drag of her pipe, and her eyes, hidden beneath the brim of her hat, darted around.

She still had too many questions about Xia Pingzhou.

“Since time is tight, let’s talk on the bus.” With that, Black Chrysalis retracted the restraints on her head, twirled in mid-air, and landed lightly, her feet landing on the dusty public wooden bench, the hem of her trench coat drooping down.

Su Zimai turned her head and glanced at him before stepping onto the gangway and into the brightly lit carriage.

The black pupa jumped off the public wooden bench and followed closely behind.

Ke Qirui was the last to enter and closed the train door. The train demon rumbled and stirred, the deafening engine roaring once more. It roared into the tunnel, speeding forward at an eerie pace.

At the same time, Hei Yong raised his head and glanced at Xu Sanyan and Lin Zhengquan, who were sitting quietly in the carriage, through the dark red eye sockets on his mask.

The former was as usual, wearing a black turtleneck trench coat, while the latter was still in a white vest and trousers. Black Chrysalis spoke first: "Nice to meet you, gentlemen. I am Black Chrysalis; I presume you have both heard of me?"

"Lin Zhengquan." "Xu Sanyan."

The two men gave very brief replies: one hugged his shoulders and closed his eyes to rest, while the other looked out the window and quietly smoked.

"By the way, our family's Zhengquan (正拳) technique has broken through to the third level," Ke Qirui said casually, taking a drag of his cigarette.

"A third-tier exorcist?" Black Chrysalis crossed her arms. "Truly remarkable, one of the very few in the entire world."

Lin Zhengquan said in a low voice, "Commander, don't say 'our family,' it's like I'm your son."

"Getting shy now?" Ke Qirui curled her lips and gave him a teasing sidelong glance.

Black Chrysalis shrugged. "So, what's Mr. Righteous Fist's current strength? Quasi-Catastrophe level?"

"There are definitely some near-catastrophic level ones, but it's unclear how close they are to catastrophic level, since they haven't actually fought in any real battles yet."

"In other words, including the leader, you now have two near-disaster level beings here, and your train regiment is doing well," Black Chrysalis said.

"It's hard to say... We have another rising star here, she's our trump card." Ke Qirui said as she put her arm around Su Zimai's shoulder and smiled as she leaned close to her cheek.

"What 'rising star'? Aren't you ashamed?"

Su Zimai crossed her arms, wrinkled her nose, and glanced at her sideways.

"With the Iced Diaper Demon as your trump card, your team certainly has a bright future."

Black Chrysalis sighed inwardly. If it weren't for the fact that it was better to save face for his younger sister in front of a lot of people, he would have started teasing her long ago.

"On another note, I've heard that the Train Demon can create a time tunnel independent of the outside world, allowing it to travel freely within it, thus enabling high-speed travel between two cities, or even the two poles of the world."

As Hei Ji spoke, he turned his head and glanced out the window.

In the tunnel where light and shadow intertwine, the train demon traveled for a short while before suddenly disappearing into a spacetime rift.

When I came to my senses, the dark red car was already speeding through a bizarre tunnel.

Looking out the window, one can occasionally catch glimpses of Reykjavik's Pearl Tower, New York's Empire State Building soaring into the sky, and the brightly lit streets of Paris, with the Eiffel Tower standing like a giant in the city center.

Black Chrysalis withdrew her gaze and said with a sigh, "I never thought it was true after seeing it today."

“Of course… as a vehicle, the Train Demon is impeccable.” Ke Qirui smiled slightly. “I am very confident in this regard; no vehicle in the world can compare to the Train Demon.”

“Unfortunately, I don’t agree with this idea.” Black Chrysalis shook her head.

"Oh?" Ke Qirui raised an eyebrow. "Mr. Black Chrysalis is indeed very knowledgeable. Do you think there is any mode of transportation that can be faster than this big guy we're standing on?"

"Somersault Cloud".

"Somersault Cloud?"

Ke Qirui raised an eyebrow, then looked up from under the brim of her hat at the black cocoon.

She asked, "Mr. Black Chrysalis, could you be referring to... a mythical tale?"

Black Chrysalis was silent for a moment, then turned her head to meet her curious gaze.

“Miss Ke, my situation doesn’t allow me to reveal too much about this to you,” he said seriously. “But I still have to remind you that in this ‘Red Light Operation,’ it is highly likely… or rather, it is certain that an even more troublesome opponent than the White Raven Brigade will emerge.”

"Catastrophe level?"

"Yes."

Su Zimai thought for a moment, then frowned and interjected, "But... Red Light is just a second-tier exorcist, not even a top-tier one among wanted criminals. Why would he attract a Calamity-level figure?"

“There are many things involved here, and you’d better keep your distance from the truth,” Black Chrysalis said. “In short, there’s a necessary condition to my cooperation with you this time… If I call a halt, you should temporarily withdraw, okay?”

Hearing this, Xu Sanyan immediately lost her temper: "Who do you think you are? You can't even speak clearly, yet you're issuing orders from here?"

Lin Zhengquan crossed his arms, closed his eyes to rest, and said coldly, "Xu Sanyan, don't speak when the commander tells you not to... Follow the commander's orders. How many times have I told you? Don't you understand?"

"Tch." Xu Sanyan clicked his tongue.

Su Zimai remained silent.

She knew Black Chrysalis's abilities; this guy seemed to be able to predict the future, and every event would unfold exactly as he said. If Black Chrysalis said there was a problem, then there would definitely be some problems in this operation to capture Red Light.

Thinking of this, Su Zimai shook her head, somewhat puzzled as to why she trusted this guy so much, perhaps because he had saved her once.

Ignoring the reactions of the other three, Hei Yong stared unblinkingly at Ke Qi Rui's face.

In the Ghost Train troupe, everyone else's opinions were irrelevant; he only needed to persuade the troupe leader.

Ke Qirui pondered for a moment, then looked up from under the brim of her hat and calmly gazed at the black chrysanthemum.

She said, "Alright, Mr. Black Chrysalis, I agree to your request. As long as you call a halt, our operation will be temporarily suspended."

“It would be wonderful to have a reasonable collaborator, Miss Ke.” Hei Yong said slowly, arms crossed. “Now, let’s discuss how to catch the ‘red light’.”

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