The "Survival on the Train" game has bugs, it's really laggy!

The Devourer stopped three meters in front of the wooden sign.

The engine was idling at a low speed, and the car body vibrated slightly. The roof was less than half a hand's width above the steel beam above, and the red hand light was covered by a cloth, leaving only half of its dark red light shining on the wooden sign.

"If the lead car can get here, it means the third quarter is still alive."

"Don't honk your horn, and don't use your high beams."

"Two hundred meters ahead, at the end of the artificial life-saving track—someone is knocking on the door."

No one spoke.

The water cups were placed in the four corners of the third section.

The cup with the cracked bottom had been patched with tape, but water was still slowly seeping through. The old mechanic squatted beside it, his eyes never leaving the water.

The metallic knocking sounded again from below the front of the car.

when.

when.

when.

stop.

when.

when.

Three long and two short.

Wang Hu gripped the wrench, his hand still stained with blood from the cuts made by the steel cable burrs.

The small torch pressed the microphone under the car, and a soundprint appeared on the screen.

On channel 013, Tang Lan only said two words.

"Silence."

The car behind immediately fell silent.

Even the wounded soldier's breathing was suppressed by someone's hand.

Su Yuan sat in the driver's seat, his right hand on the steering wheel, and did not respond.

The tapping stopped for a few seconds, then started again.

It will still end badly.

The same applies to the third time.

Interval, pause, landing point.

Everything is too neat.

Wang Hu looked up at Su Yuan.

"Shall we go back?"

Su Yuan didn't look at him.

"Listen first."

The little fire claw drags across the screen, stacking the three voiceprints together.

The three lines almost overlap.

"The error is very small."

Wang Hu frowned.

"Couldn't a human strike this steadily?"

The small fire didn't answer immediately. It peeled away the echo layer, eliminating the noise reflected from the steel beams layer by layer.

The sound source location on the main screen began to shift.

In front of.

Slightly to the left.

Slightly to the lower left.

Finally, it stopped on a red dot.

Xiao Huo lowered his ears.

"Not the front of the door."

Wang Hu leaned closer.

"where?"

"To the lower left, about eight meters away. The impact bounced off the beam and into the underside of the vehicle."

The carriage became even quieter.

Wang Hu lay down at the right-side inspection port of the third section, and the low-power red hand light lit up for half a second.

At the end of the artificial life-saving track ahead, there is indeed an old gate.

The door was very thick, with a string of iron chains hanging on the outside. The chains were rusty, but also had freshly polished marks.

A sign hangs diagonally on the right side of the gate, mostly covered by grease, with only a few blurry strokes visible.

The lights went out.

Wang Hu shrank back.

"The door is in front. The knocking sound is to the bottom left."

Li Wei sat by the third door, a blanket wrapped around his shoulders, his face looking terrible.

He stared at the darkness ahead.

"Ji Yun said so."

Su Yuan turned his head to the side.

Li Wei moved his lips a few times before he could finish speaking.

"When you hear a knock, ask for the password first."

One of the wounded in cell 013 took a low breath, but was immediately held down by the person next to him.

Tang Lan switched to a single lane.

"Li Wei, what's the password?"

Li Wei shook his head.

"She didn't tell anyone. She only said that we couldn't just open the door."

Wang Hu cursed for a moment, then swallowed it back.

"Then what's the point of asking?"

Li Wei raised his head, his eyes red.

"Nobody believed her at the time. The broadcast kept saying the left line was safe, and everyone just wanted to get out. When she gave us the password, we thought she was taking up too much time."

After he said that, no one answered in the car.

Su Yuan tapped the steering wheel twice.

"Did the old Blue Star crews often use knockback?"

Lu Mingyuan's voice came from the control room of Base 04.

"Yes. When the old line is out of service, three long and two short signals are a request for connection. The response is usually two short and one long, which means that the line has been heard but the line will not be opened."

Su Yuan looked at Li Wei.

"You knock."

Li Wei was stunned.

"I?"

"You know Ji Yun."

Li Wei pursed his lips. He stood up, leaning against the doorframe, his legs still weak. Wang Hu handed him a short crowbar.

"Tap the support beams, not the car body. The echoes are too messy."

Li Wei caught the crowbar.

He walked to the doorway of the third section and stopped with his hand on the beam.

Two seconds later, the crowbar fell.

when.

when.

stop.

when.

Two short and one long.

After the banging was finished, everyone waited.

There was an immediate response from the darkness ahead.

when.

when.

when.

stop.

when.

when.

Three long and two short.

Accurate.

Too accurate.

Even the pauses are stuck at the same point.

The two responses from the small torch overlapped, leaving only a line on the screen.

Wang Hu cursed under his breath.

"This is not human."

As soon as he finished speaking, the yellow inspection light next to the gate in front lit up.

One lamp.

Two cups.

Four cups.

The light was steady, illuminating the iron chains on the gate and the cracks in the door.

A hoarse broadcast voice came from the loudspeaker by the door.

"Password approved."

"Lead vehicle, move forward."

The sound of gears could be heard coming from inside the gate.

The door slowly opened.

A straight track is visible inside.

The track surface is clean, the slope is gentle, and there are guardrails on both sides.

In carriage 013, someone couldn't hold back and relaxed their shoulders.

The young survivor, who had wavered several times before, stared at the screen, his throat dry.

"This time... it should be for real, right?"

Nobody scolded him.

Because the data on the screen really looks good.

A report from the technician came from Lu Mingyuan's side.

"The gate structure exists."

"The track behind the door is continuous, and no breaks were detected."

"The heat source is normal, and no living fascia is observed."

Another technician added.

"This section wasn't on the old blueprints, but the soil's load-bearing capacity is sufficient. The probability of it passing is high."

Tang Lan did not give the order.

She stood next to brake lever number 013, her eyes fixed on the cockpit of the Devourer.

Several wounded soldiers in cell 013 instinctively reached for their restraints, preparing to withstand the impact of the launch.

Su Yuan didn't move.

The engine is still idling at a low speed.

The Devourer did not move forward an inch.

Wang Hu glanced through the crack in the door, then looked at Su Yuan.

"Boss?"

Su Yuan raised his hand.

"Chalk dust".

Wang Hu immediately pulled out the chalk dust container.

"Where should we scatter it?"

"Below the access panel, in front of the door seam."

Wang Hu lay down, half of his body sticking out of the inspection port. The red light only flashed for half a second before he flicked the chalk dust forward.

White powder drifted out.

Under normal circumstances, the powder will fall onto the rail surface.

This time, the powder reached the crack in the door and suddenly curled upwards.

It's not just empty praise.

It was dragged in from below by something.

The powder was rolled into a thin thread and slipped through the door crack, going behind the door.

The veteran mechanic stared at the third water cup.

There's no wind on the water.

Su Yuan nodded.

"It's not natural ventilation."

The small torch replays the powder's trajectory, and the tail straightens.

"There is slow suction behind the door."

The few people in room 013 who had just relaxed froze.

The young survivor's hand was still on the restraint strap, and his face gradually darkened.

The broadcast started again.

This time, the hoarseness was much less, and the tone was closer to the standard pitch of the Great Wall system.

"The artificial life-saving rail is about to exceed its load limit."

"Please move forward immediately, lead vehicle."

"Please move forward immediately, lead vehicle."

A wet, sticky friction sound came from the direction of maintenance port number three behind.

The live track fascia caught up.

The sound crept in little by little along the steel beam.

A metallic sound of force being applied came from the tail of No. 013.

Tang Lan reported the numbers very quickly.

"The stress on the tail beam increased by nine percent."

"twelve."

"fifteen."

The third section's toxic gas insurance rate jumped from 8% to 11%.

Xiao Huo stared at the screen.

"There's pressure from behind. The system is forcing us to move forward."

Wang Hu's jaw was clenched.

"The front is inhalation, the back is pushing."

The broadcast continued.

"Please proceed immediately."

"Stability decreased in the third quarter."

"Please proceed immediately."

Li Wei stared at the door with the yellow light on, his face drained of color.

"The radio used to do the same thing. First they would persuade, then they would urge, and then they would say that the third quarter was going to be a disaster."

Wang Hu looked at Su Yuan.

"Boss, they're really catching up from behind."

Su Yuan looked at the maintenance light next to the gate.

"Too new."

Wang Hu was stunned for a moment.

"What?"

"The lights are too new. The sound is too complete. The response is too perfect."

Su Yuan retrieved the inscription records from the wall.

The inscriptions are messy.

"The left-side light is fake; don't believe it."

"The second film carriage has a broken axle; disassemble the bed frame and repair it."

"Number three can hold on one more time."

"Don't take too long looking down there."

Every single one is rough.

Every part looks like it was carved by hand when there was a lack of tools, time, and physical strength.

Su Yuan pointed to the gate ahead.

"A real way to make a living depends on hand-cranked lamps and wooden signs."

"We might not be able to see this door."

Wang Hu's eyes suddenly darkened.

Tang Lan muttered a curse under her breath in number 013.

"here we go again."

Su Yuan switched to the full channel.

"Don't go any further."

The broadcast paused briefly, then the volume increased.

"The refusal of the temporary lead vehicle to comply will result in the third section—"

Su Yuan immediately turned off the loudspeaker.

The only sound inside the car was the crawling of fascia from the back.

"Wang Hu, knock on the support beam under the car."

Wang Hu immediately understood half of it.

"Make a startup vibration?"

"Yes. The rhythm of the empty wheels pressing against the rails."

Wang Hu grabbed a wrench and crawled to the inspection port.

Instead of tapping forward, he tapped the support beam under the car.

when.

stop.

Ding ding.

stop.

when.

The rhythm is not like a command, but more like a wheel running over a seam just as it is about to start moving.

Su Yuan looked at Tang Lan.

"Number 013 is half-hug and half-pushed back. Don't actually move."

Tang Lan had already pressed the brake lever.

"Number 013 is half-dead."

The tracks gripped the rail surface low.

The rear section of the train provides a very light reaction force.

The Devourer's vehicle lurched forward slightly, but was then pulled back.

Use a small flame to raise the engine speed a bit, then reduce it back down.

The entire train was designed to create the illusion that it was about to depart.

The sucking sound from behind the door immediately intensified.

The chalk dust was swirled even faster.

The low, rumbling sound of the impeller could even be heard through the crack in the door.

Turn the small torch's voiceprint to its maximum.

"The peak suction power has tripled."

In the control room of Base 04, the veteran engineer suddenly stood up straight.

"It's not ventilation."

Lu Mingyuan looked over.

The veteran engineer stared at the spectrum, his face ashen.

"An old-style waste sorting machine. The suction inlet frequency is like this. That section of track in front isn't for cars; it's for waste materials to go in."

No one in the control room said "it can proceed" anymore.

Inside cell 013, the survivor who had just touched the restraint strap froze in mid-air.

He watched the powdery dust being sucked away through the crack in the door, and his throat moved.

Tang Lan stared at the main screen, her face cold.

"Using a real door as a fake path."

Li Wei stared intently at the sign covered in grease beside the door, as if he had suddenly remembered something.

Ji Yun once said something like this.

Wang Hu turned around.

Li Wei's voice trembled.

"The real door is kept dark, but the fake door is the one you're afraid you won't see."

This time, no one questioned him.

Su Yuan raised his hand and gave the order directly.

"The fake gate was exposed."

Wang Hu's eyes lit up.

"Collide?"

"No collision."

Su Yuan looked at the iron chain outside the gate.

"Windlock hook iron chain. No. 013 is used as anchor."

Tang Lan immediately responded.

"013 is fixed in reverse thrust, and the tail beam can withstand one lateral force."

Lu Mingyuan intervened.

"A horizontal pull will cause the third section of the bullet to bounce."

Su Yuan looked at the old mechanic.

"Water cup for watching the jump. In the third quarter, a shake, Tang Lansong half a grid."

The veteran mechanic rearranged the four water cups.

"I'll keep an eye on it."

Start calculating with a small flame.

"The suction power of the negative pressure tank has a cycle. It drops after 0.7 seconds after each peak. That pull is when the resistance is lowest."

Wang Hu dragged the hook to the inspection port and whispered.

"The steel cable was just cut; don't put too much strain on it."

Su Yuan looked at the screen.

"Only tear off the side panel, don't pull the whole door."

Wang Hu nodded and leaned half his body out.

The red light flashes for half a second.

The grappling hook flew out and bit the iron chain next to the gate.

bang.

The chain jolted.

The broadcast suddenly resumed, and the tone was no longer affected.

"Damage to the maintenance gate is prohibited."

"Damage to the maintenance gate is prohibited."

Wang Hu sneered.

"I'm getting anxious."

Su Yuan ignored him.

"Tang Lan, push back."

"013 reverse push".

The tracks reverse, pressing down on the rear section of the entire train.

"Wang Hu, tighten your grip."

The winch retracts the wire.

The steel cable was taut, but not stretched to its limit.

Xiao Huo stared at the spectrum of the negative pressure tank.

"Peak."

"fall."

Su Yuan touched the oil with his right foot.

The Devourer swerved forward slightly by half a foot before abruptly braking.

The weight of the train set is misaligned.

The third section was sandwiched in the middle, and the water cup wobbled slightly.

The old mechanic shouted.

"Left back, no jump."

"pull."

As soon as Su Yuan finished speaking, Wang Hu pressed the winch.

The steel cable suddenly strained.

The iron chain was straightened, and the outer panel of the gate emitted a screeching, deforming sound.

Not the entire door opens.

The surface camouflage panel had been torn open at an angle.

The broadcast went off.

"stop."

"stop."

Su Yuansong stopped abruptly, then stopped again.

Tang Lan pushed back half a grid.

The deathly weight of number 013 pressed down.

Wang Hu gritted his teeth and pulled back two inches.

The outer layer of the door panel was pulled to one side.

A rivet at the base of the chain flew off and hit the steel beam.

With a clang.

The door panel was completely warped.

The red hand light swept in.

Everyone saw what was behind the door.

It's not a straight track.

It is not a safe passage.

There was only half a fake track behind the door gap.

At the end of the fake track was a row of upward-facing scrap cutting teeth.

The tooth surface is polished to a shine.

Old seatbelts, scraps of cloth, and several pieces of blackened protective clothing were tangled in the teeth.

That thing kept waiting for the front of the car to go in.

As long as the front wheel of the Devourer runs onto the fake track, the negative pressure trough will pull the entire train inward.

The third section will be dissected.

Number 013 will also be torn off from the bottom.

Room 013 was deathly silent.

Even the wounded soldier's earlier gasps for breath were gone.

In the control room of Base 04, the old engineer next to Lu Mingyuan held onto the edge of the table and didn't move for a long time.

The young technician looked at the row of cutting teeth and turned pale.

"If we had turned right just now..."

No one responded to him.

Su Yuan didn't leave them stunned.

"Wang Hu, snap the door panel back into the negative pressure groove."

Wang Hu immediately released the hook and reattached it to the edge of the torn door panel.

"This thing is heavy."

"Use it to hold the teeth together."

Before Su Yuan could say anything more, Tang Lan had already adjusted number 013.

"Keep the car behind steady. Whoever loosens their harness, I'll personally tie them back in."

A series of buckling sounds came from inside unit 013.

The young survivor was the first to bend down and check the fasteners on the wounded person next to him.

Wang Hu used a winch to pull out half of the disguised door panel.

Su Yuan lightly pressed the accelerator, tilting the front of the car to the right, creating an angle for the door panel.

The door panel was dragged into the negative pressure groove.

The suction immediately gripped it.

Wang Husong cursed before hooking the hook.

"Eat."

The door panel was rolled in halfway, getting stuck between the cutting teeth and the suction port.

The gears gripped the door panel, making a dull, clicking sound.

The rotational speed of the negative pressure tank dropped sharply.

Xiao Huo stared at the screen.

"The suction power has dropped to 23%."

"How much longer can we hold out?"

"It took about one and a half minutes before the door panel deformed."

"enough."

Su Yuan looked at Xiao Huo.

"Look at the bottom left."

The small torch's angled light is switched to its lowest brightness, flashing once every half second, and shining towards the lower left corner where the sound source is located.

The first one only had steel beams.

The second scan hit a section of old track.

The third time, the red light grazed past a low door.

The door was very low, only half a person's height, and was blocked by several supporting beams, so it was completely invisible when sitting in the car.

There was no light on the door.

There is no loudspeaker.

There were no signs.

There are only a few lines of shallowly engraved characters.

Wang Hu lay prone at the inspection port, bringing the red hand light a little closer.

The words were very faint; you had to press them against the door to see them.

"Three long and two short are false; ask for the person's name."

There is one more line below.

"Ji Yun is guarding the gate."

Li Wei froze.

His hand rested on the door frame, his knuckles trembling.

Tang Lan stared at the main screen without saying a word.

On the wartime channel of Base 04, the people in the control room also saw these two lines of text.

No one is arguing about the system anymore.

For fourteen years, the so-called emergency exits have been lit up and broadcasting announcements, urging people to get on the road.

The real door is low and hidden in the shadows.

No one shouted.

Nobody is urging me.

Only a few words remained, almost rusted away.

Li Wei's lips trembled a few times, but he couldn't utter a sound.

Su Yuan looked at him.

"ask."

Li Wei's throat bobbed.

"I……"

Wang Hu didn't urge him; he simply handed over the crowbar.

Li Wei caught it.

He moved to the inspection port, bent down, and opened his mouth towards the low door to the lower left.

The voice was very low.

"Ji Yun".

no respond.

Li Wei closed his eyes and gripped the edge of the inspection port.

"How many screws does Zouping still owe you?"

The car was so quiet that the only sound was the muffled thud of the negative pressure channel hitting the door panel.

one second.

two seconds.

three seconds.

A softer knocking came from behind the low door.

when.

stop.

when.

when.

when.

stop.

when.

when.

One long.

Three short.

Two lengths.

Li Wei's shoulders slumped.

Wang Hu stared at him.

"What do you mean?"

Li Wei raised his hand to wipe his face, but it wasn't completely clean.

"This is a joke we three use in private."

His voice was terribly hoarse.

"Zou Ping stole six screws from Ji Yun. He would knock on these whenever he tried to renege on his debt."

No one laughed.

The sound of a mechanical lock being released came from behind the door.

It's not electronically controlled.

It's the old spring and the toothed tongue that's moving.

Click.

Click click.

The side door, which was about half a person's height, moved inward an inch and then slid open to the left.

A downward-sloping track is visible inside.

The track is very narrow.

The width was just enough for the Devourer to squeeze through close to the edge.

The upper beams are very low; the roof of car number 013 will probably scrape against them.

There are no lights.

There was no broadcast.

There are no maintenance prompts.

Only the hand-painted white border lines on both sides of the track.

Slow down the slope.

"You can go, but you have to stay close to the right. The left side of the beam is low. When number 013 passes, you have to lower the front of the train."

Tang Lan replied immediately.

"Number 013 can cooperate."

Lu Mingyuan's voice came from the control room, and it was very low.

"The old blueprints for that road are no longer available. The load-bearing capacity is unknown."

Su Yuan looked at the ramp behind the side door.

"There are no reliable old blueprints here."

Lu Mingyuan paused for half a second.

"Understood. The control room will only record the information and will not provide any further route suggestions."

This message reached number 013, and many people heard it.

The young survivor bent down, tightened the last fastener, and checked the wounded man's shoulder strap again.

Tang Lan saw it, but didn't say anything to him.

Wang Hu retracted his hook claw.

The camouflaged door panel inside the negative pressure groove has begun to deform, and the cutting teeth are gradually biting through the steel plate.

"Boss, the door won't hold for long."

Su Yuan lowered the gear.

"Enter through the side door."

The old mechanic squatted back down next to the water cup in the third corner.

"Prepare the water cups."

The small torch red hand lamp was cut into two groups, front and back.

"Give the light to the front for half a second, then to the rear for half a second. Don't use high beams."

Tang Lan gave the order.

"All members of vehicle number 013 are assigned to their positions twice. Follow the lead vehicle's pace; no cutting in line."

Li Wei sat back down by the third door, his eyes still fixed on the side door engraved with "Ji Yun guards the door".

His hands were still trembling when he returned the crowbar to Wang Hu.

Wang Hu took it, and surprisingly, he didn't say anything unpleasant.

"Hold on tight."

Li Wei nodded.

The Devourer slowly moved forward.

The front of the vehicle was first placed against the right side, and the left side was less than half a meter away from the camouflaged gate.

The cutting teeth were stuck on the door panel, making a series of dull thuds.

Su Yuan didn't look over there.

The front wheels press down on the side door ramp rail.

The right side of the vehicle body sagged.

The old mechanic shouted.

"It sank one centimeter to the right."

Su Yuan made a slight adjustment to the direction.

Xiao Huo reports the number.

"The roof is 10 centimeters away from the beam."

Wang Hu clung to the side door frame, staring upwards.

"You can stick it on the right side, but don't touch the left side."

The third section followed through the side door.

The water in all four cups sloshed around at the same time.

The old mechanic held the cup holder with one hand, his eyes unblinking.

"Didn't jump. Continue."

Tang Lan coordinated with vehicle 013 to partially lock up the car, causing the front of the vehicle to be dragged down.

The roof of car number 013 scraped against the upper edge of the side door, removing a layer of rust.

The people in the carriage were jolted so badly that their shoulders hit the harnesses, but no one cried out.

A loud bang suddenly came from the direction of the disguised gate.

A corner of the door panel was bitten through by the cutting teeth.

The suction of the negative pressure groove was briefly restored, and the airflow was dragged across the outer edge of the side door, carrying chalk dust and iron filings toward the false door.

Wang Hu immediately lowered his body.

"The suction is back!"

Su Yuan stepped on the gas, but only half an inch.

The Devourer slid down half a meter.

Tang Lan followed up with a half-space push, stabilizing the latter part of the third quarter.

The old mechanic shouted.

"Left back!"

Su Yuan Song oil, applied to the brakes.

After the small torch's angled light was switched, it illuminated the roof of vehicle number 013.

"Number 013 is still inside the gate, about a meter from the back."

Tang Lan speaks very quickly.

"The rear vehicle pushes backward, three, two, one."

Track 013 reversed and its tail was pressed down hard.

The last section saw the car's roof squeeze past the beams.

Rusty patches fell off in large pieces.

Behind the side door, all the vehicles enter the ramp.

A small fire will immediately alert you.

"Close the side door?"

Wang Hu looked at Su Yuan.

Su Yuan shook his head.

"Don't touch it. Don't mess with doors left by Ji Yun."

Wang Hu removed his hand from the controller.

The side door did not close automatically.

It remained open, low and silent, the words lightly engraved on the door swept away one last time by the red hand lamp.

"Ji Yun is guarding the gate."

The convoy continued downhill.

The announcements from the fake gate outside were still coming in intermittently.

"Lead vehicle, please move forward..."

"Please remove..."

The sound was blocked by the steel layer, growing lower and lower.

Until you can't hear anything at all.

There are no system prompts deep in the slope.

There are no track lights.

There are only handwritten warning signs placed every few meters on the wall.

The red light swept across in sequence.

"No parking ahead."

"Don't count the carriages."

"If you hear a fourth knock, immediately cut off the tail hook."

When Wang Hu saw the last sign, his face darkened.

"Tailhook?"

Tang Lan saw it too.

She immediately switched to rearview mirror.

"Tail inspection of No. 013".

The two survivors in the car behind crawled toward the tailgate with red hand lanterns in their hands.

They had just covered the lamp opening when a very soft metallic snap came from the rear.

Click.

The sound wasn't loud.

Yet it clearly penetrated everyone's ears.

The survivors near the tailgate of No. 013 remained frozen in place.

Tang Lan pressed her hand on the brake lever, her eyes fixed on the rearview screen.

The red hand lamp was raised half an inch.

In the darkness, below the No. 013 tail hook, there was an extra section of a damp, cold old hook tongue.