Excessive ferocity due to caution

"What...what are you talking about?"

Bai Shuiji's mind went blank.

Zhao Yi and the warehouse ghost turned around at the same time and cursed at her:

"Children shouldn't interrupt adults!"

Feeling wronged, Bai Shuiji squatted down to the side and went to play by himself.

"So you have one less ghost candle than people, right?"

The warehouse ghost spoke in a heavy tone.

It knew how powerful this thing was.

As long as the ghost candle appears on the train, it will be immune to all evil!

It couldn't understand the source of this terrifying power, but it knew it was related to outsiders like Zhao Yi!

Zhao Yi replied:

"That's right. One of my teammates just went back. I've observed him, and he seems reliable. He should be able to follow my instructions and leave some ghost candles."

"Not enough time... That train is too old and slow; it will take time to get out of the station."

The warehouse ghost shook his head, not thinking Zhao Yi's idea was feasible.

"Once it makes its move, the ghost candles in your hands will burn extremely quickly and won't last long!"

Zhao Yi said:

"That's why I came to find you."

Upon hearing this, the warehouse ghost sneered:

"If I were capable of dealing with it, would I have been relegated to such a corner?"

"But I'm curious... how did you know it existed?"

"The ghost inside the station... I shouldn't mention its name, right?"

Zhao Yi dragged a chair over with his foot, casually blew off the dust, and plopped down on it.

"I found an electronic map in the control room."

"Although it's an overhead view, it includes a complete set of data regarding the internal facilities."

"With this data, I reconstructed... the station in my mind."

"At that time, I was surprised that someone would build a station like that... a human head."

"No, it's a ghost head."

Zhao Yi's eyes flickered slightly.

"Several ghosts kindly reminded me earlier that something has been monitoring everything inside the station."

"So after I rebuilt the station model, I began to have doubts... about the station itself."

"It... should be alive."

"Then I suddenly remembered the only underground warehouse on the map that wasn't marked with data."

"On this ghost's head, the warehouse seems like a tumor, completely superfluous."

"A normal person would never leave such a spacious station unused and go to the trouble of building a basement specifically for a dilapidated warehouse."

There must be some special bond between you two.

"If I'm not mistaken, in the past, 'it' didn't revive because of your suppression."

"However, during the station renovations in July, some kind of connection between you was severed, causing it to successfully escape your control and awaken!"

Upon hearing Zhao Yi's explanation and conjecture, Warehouse Ghost's expression changed, while Bai Shuiji, standing to the side, finally understood!

That ghost that can't be talked about outside... turns out to be the station itself!

They were inside the station the whole time, which is why they were constantly being watched!

Thinking of this, she recalled the feeling of flesh and blood she had just stepped on...

Does this mean... the station ghost is slowly reviving?

Her scalp was practically bursting open!

Zhao Yi said that as long as the station ghost awakens, they will all die!

"Sigh...you guessed pretty much right. Its power can't penetrate this place, but I can't leave the station either."

"Inside the station, everything except my underground warehouse is under its surveillance."

"It will wake up as soon as it gets close to the exit!"

Zhao Yi placed the burning ghost candle in front of the warehouse ghost and said earnestly:

"I have a plan... My ghost candle and Shiramizu's will burn for the same amount of time. You can use my ghost candle to time it. Once it's almost completely burned out, leave this warehouse and go sabotage the station's control room and its 'eyes'—basically, attract its attention as much as possible!"

"Once the station is almost fully recovered, immediately move to the train and escape with us!"

"As long as we break out of the station's coverage area, we can escape its control!"

The warehouse ghost remained silent for a short while after hearing this.

"It's worth a try."

"But the ghost security guard is a problem. He's the station's most trusted henchman, and if he really goes all out, he can hold me off for quite a while!"

Zhao Yi coughed.

"Don't worry, he's not here."

The ghost security guard's hatred is now directed at Wen Long. Even if Wen Long returns all the clothes to the ghost security guard, the other party will not let him off easily!

Although he couldn't hurt Wenlong, he would never be willing to leave like this.

The warehouse ghost took Zhao Yigui candle, went to get the two barrels of diesel oil, and placed them on a cart.

"This cart smells like me. You can take it back to refuel the train. There shouldn't be any danger on the way."

Zhao Yi gestured for Bai Shuiji to take the cart:

"There's one last problem to solve."

The warehouse ghost slightly raised its head.

"What's the problem?"

Zhao Yi replied:

"Train conductor."

"He's needed to start the train."

"I don't know exactly what happened on the train back then. The ghost candles would only open after they burned out, but we obviously didn't have that time to wait!"

"The ghost candle is our only bargaining chip against the station; we can't afford to waste any of it!"

"Tell me about the train conductor, and I'll find a way to open the driver's cab door beforehand!"

Mentioning the conductor of the D19 train, Warehouse Ghost seemed to have opened a book covered in ashes, filled with a long-forgotten past.

"When the incident happened in Moye Village, tens of thousands of villagers frantically rushed into the station. They knew that once the train left, it would never return. Therefore, in addition to the monsters' slaughter of people, many terrible things happened, such as people killing each other!"

"Two of the trains left early, leaving only the D19. The monsters were already running from the village toward the station, but the train conductor refused to start the train. The passengers were anxious and urged the conductor, but he insisted on waiting for his elderly mother to arrive before departing."

"An old thug who often bullied the villagers couldn't hold back any longer and directly threatened the train conductor with a dagger, but the train conductor was determined to wait for his mother, and he would not depart until his mother arrived."

"Out of necessity, people could only pick up some simple weapons and defend themselves against the occasional monster that charged at them from the train car doors!"

"Later, the train conductor's mother arrived. As soon as she entered, the conductor started the locomotive. But at that moment, a terrifying monster emerged from the black mist, extending a tentacle that wrapped around the old thug. Just as he was about to be pulled away, the guy came up with a plan. He grabbed the train conductor's mother, who was closest to the door, and pushed her towards the monster!"

"So the monster spared the old thug and ate his mother right in front of the train conductor..."

Zhao Yi frowned upon hearing this.

"Did his mother become a ghost later?"

The warehouse ghost nodded.

"But it's different from the ordinary ghosts you've seen."

"Those killed by those things... become ghosts without any memory or will of their own, instead degenerating into ferocious demons that only know how to kill!"

Zhao Yi:

"Where is it now?"

The warehouse ghost replied:

"In the waiting room on the south side of the station... there are many fierce ghosts there. You don't have a ghost candle now, going there will just be suicide!"

"I know what you're thinking. The train conductor's mother is his obsession, but now she's no longer the kind-faced old woman she once was; she's a crazed killing machine!"

"Going to see her is tantamount to suicide!"

Zhao Yi slowly revealed a bright smile.

"No, I have a way."

"Thank you for your help, Warehouse Ghost."

"So... our plan... begins!"

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