The experience of those few short minutes was extremely terrifying, but precisely because it was frightening enough, Fei Shengxiao remembered the entire process clearly.
After being swallowed by the train conductor, she actually lost consciousness for an instant.
With such a powerful attack, it's no wonder that Ma Qiu couldn't get in even with protective gear.
She thought their speculation was wrong and the plan might fail. Her consciousness entered a state of chaos and she might die completely.
However, after an unknown amount of time, she suddenly discovered that the chaos was not completely still.
It was flowing, flowing towards her.
And she was flowing towards it.
At that moment, she suddenly felt the intense pain of corrosion all over her body. At the same time, she heard a rustling sound in her mind, as if another creature was talking...
Fei Shengxiao's eyes sparkled.
Having just experienced such a terrifying thing, her spirits were extremely high: "I think that must be the train monsters chatting in their own language! They are indeed not in the same dimension as us, so our speculations must be correct!"
Following Fei Shengxiao's words, the hearts of several people rose and fell. After repeating this several times, they breathed a sigh of relief, clenched their fists, and their eyes became firm - since their route was correct, they could only move forward unswervingly!
Sha Yu quickly asked, "Did you find the control panel or something?"
Fei Shengxiao revealed an embarrassed look: "Maybe it's because the time was too short, I didn't even have time to think about it..."
Song Yang said: "She woke up from a coma, so it's normal that she couldn't wake up immediately."
But this also means that the next person must stay in the pipeline longer to have a chance to obtain more clues.
But the train conductor is becoming more and more cunning, and the speed of transporting prey is getting faster and faster. It is hard to say whether the next person will be...
Song Yang said in a deep voice, "Let's go knock on the door first. Since we are going to follow this plan, we don't need to wait for the disaster to come. Let the conductor give us the conditions this time first."
Several people calmed down.
That's right, what they have to do next is to enter the cab and destroy the locomotive. They no longer have to passively wait for the disaster to come!
They were about to move towards the cab when Xia Jing, who was standing still, suddenly whispered, "The progress bar has changed."
Everyone was stunned.
They thought Xia Jing meant that the progress bar had moved forward again. This was normal. After consuming the opportunity to reload the file, the progress bar would naturally move forward a little.
But when they followed Xia Jing's gaze to the progress bar at the top center of the advertising screen, they were shocked to find that—
This time, the progress bar actually advanced most of the way in one go, and in the blink of an eye, only about one-third was left!
At the left end of the progress bar, the cute little Q-version man who was originally sticking out his tongue has become very angry with his hair standing on end.
The message below the progress bar also changed to: "As food, how can you actively attack your master? Don't do this again!"
This discovery shocked everyone.
Sha Yu was surprised and asked, "What does this mean?!"
Li Mian frowned: "Did we attack the train and anger it?"
Xia Jing seemed to be thinking about something.
It seems that the ten chances to reload the game are only reserved for situations of catastrophic destruction.
If someone forcibly kills the train, the train will immediately retaliate.
However, the three-star copy...such a development does not seem to be unpredictable.
If they were really given ten chances to try, then this copy would seem incredibly "tolerant".
Yang Leliu said in panic, "It warned us not to do such a thing again. What will happen if we forcibly destroy the train again?"
Song Yang exhaled: "I'm afraid it will just be another progress bar swallowing."
Fei Shengxiao's eyes widened: "Wait, how many chances do we have left?!"
Amidst the panic, Xia Jing took a step forward, examined the progress bar for a moment, and gave his guess: "Worst case scenario... I still have two chances left."
twice?!
Everyone froze.
Two chances are too few!
Song Yang calmed down and said, "Let's just assume we have two more chances left. We must hurry up."
After saying this, he walked towards the cab.
The others hurried to follow.
Song Yang knocked on the door of the cab twice.
Everyone was staring at the conductor's actions in the cab, and when he pressed the white paper against the small window, they quickly looked over.
"Only passengers who meet the following conditions may open the door of the cab and enter the cab:
1. No gender restrictions;
2. Under 1.7 meters tall.
Song Yang frowned fiercely. He didn't meet the requirements again.
Xia Jing narrowed his eyes and glanced expressionlessly at the blond-haired and blue-eyed train conductor, receiving a flirtatious glance from the latter.
Both Li Mian and Fei Shengxiao are tall girls. Sha Yu is a little short for a man, but he is indeed over 1.7 meters tall.
Therefore, the only one who meets the requirements is...
Yang Leliu and Wang Zhi were chosen again.
Wang Zhi collapsed and fled to the end of the carriage, pressing his back against the door and crying, "Why me again?! I won't go in! I can't do it, don't look for me!"
Several people glanced at him subtly, had nothing to say, and looked away.
Yang Leliu gritted her teeth and said, "I'll go in!"
Sha Yu's face was frozen.
He grabbed a handful of hair with red eyes. His reaction was not as intense as last time, but it was still hard for him to accept.
——Why are those who want to get in never selected?
He roared, squatted down, and supported his head with his hands.
Yang Leliu hugged him with mixed feelings, took a deep breath, and said, "We can't waste this opportunity. This time, let me stay in here."
Sha Yu suddenly raised his head and shouted, "Le Liu!"
Yang Leliu said hoarsely, "We still have plenty of time before the disaster. As long as we destroy the train before it passes the disaster, I can be reborn with you, right? Until then, I can use the time I have."
That's true, but according to Fei Shengxiao's experience, people who are stuffed into the pipe will wake up halfway.
That person will feel the pain of being corroded. This slow death is much more torturous than the previous two deaths in disasters. It is chilling just to think about it.
However--
"What could be more terrifying than actually dying?" Yang Leliu smiled with red eyes. "If I don't do this this time, then we only have one chance left... Will this last chance guarantee success?"
Even imagine a worse situation, if the next time the conductor lists the conditions, only Wang Zhi meets them.
Given his cowardice, he would definitely refuse to enter the driver's seat because he could not bear the slow process of walking towards death.
But by then, according to the number of stars rising, three of them will definitely die!
And who can guarantee that you and I won't be among those three people?
Therefore, for everyone, for Sha Yu, and for herself, Yang Leliu must try her best this time.
Sha Yu was completely speechless. He moved his lips and finally grabbed his hair tightly.
Yang Leliu calmed down and said to Song Yang, "After the train conductor stuffs me into the pipe, split it in half. Don't be afraid of hurting me, and don't try to rescue me. Just let me stay in there. If I'm still unconscious, wake me up. If anything happens, we can communicate in real time!"
Song Yang closed his eyes and whispered, "I understand."
He said solemnly: "Sister Yang, we will try our best to cooperate with you."
Yang Leliu sniffed and nodded heavily.
The train sped across the fields, and time passed by minute by minute.
The group was ready - the task of chopping the locomotive was still done by Li Mian, simply because her sword was the most offensive weapon among them.
Under Sha Yu's red-eyed gaze, Yang Leliu pushed open the door of the cab without hesitation and allowed herself to be sucked in!
Just like Fei Shengxiao, the people outside the cab soon could no longer see what was happening inside as the small glass window was blocked by the train conductor's monster tongue.
The wriggling of the tongue against the glass window showed how much the monster enjoyed this delicious meal.
The air around the people standing outside the cab was tense, and Sha Yu's fists were clenched so tightly that they made a creaking sound.
After a few seconds, there was a "bang" sound, and they turned around to see a huge bulge at the outlet of the square pipe!
"Sister Yang is out!" Fei Shengxiao screamed.
Song Yang immediately swung his knife and chopped at the bottom of the square pipe.
A sharp sound of metal breaking was heard, and the square pipe suddenly split in half, and Yang Leliu, who was wrapped and soaked in corrosive liquid, hung down!
Fei Shengxiao covered her mouth, tears quickly filling her eyes.
Sha Yu rushed forward with red eyes and shouted hoarsely: "Le Liu! Le Liu!"
Yang Leliu's body was folded into a very unnatural shape, like a piece of tissue paper that was casually crumpled into a ball before being thrown into the trash can.
She was soaked all over, and most of her face had been corroded, revealing the white bones on her left cheek. Her eyes were half-open, as if she was completely unconscious.
Sha Yu reached out to touch him, but Song Yang immediately pulled him back - it was all corrosive liquid.
Sha Yu roared and struggled like a trapped animal. Song Yang could only hold him down harder: "Calm down!"
Xia Jing took a step forward, raised her head, and called out calmly, "Sister Yang, can you hear me?"
Yang Leliu, curled up in the pipe, did not move.
There was some movement from the right side of the pipe. Without looking back, Xia Jing took out a machete from his space bag and cut off that section of the pipe. Half an arm flew out of the pipe, scaring Fei Shengxiao so much that she screamed and took a step back!
——That was the conductor's arm. He failed to succeed this time, and he could not help but stick to the door of the cab in anger, glaring at the back of Xia Jing's head through the glass window, but Xia Jing didn't even look at him.
When Xia Jing chopped it down, one end of the pipe fell down, and corrosive liquid splashed out from the broken surface.
Yang Leliu's body slid down.
Her eyelids fluttered slightly.
Xia Jing lowered his head, looked down, and called out again: "Sister Yang, can you hear me?"
The young man's voice was gentle and soft, as if it could drift into any sweet dream.
In the pipe, Yang Leliu was still breathing slowly.
Suddenly, her neck stretched and a gurgling sound came from her throat.
Xia Jing's eyelashes drooped and his gaze fell on her neck, which was corroded to the point where her throat was exposed.
Xia Jing said softly: "Okay, I understand, then listen to me."
"Sister Yang, we're currently in the three-star dungeon 'Death Ringing,' and the game has reached its final stages. Our goal is to exit the holographic game the monster is playing. The method is to have the player merge into the monster's consciousness, find the holographic game control panel, and click Exit."
"You are the chosen one this time, and your consciousness should have merged with the monster by now."
"Did you find the panel?"
The corrosive liquid kept devouring Yang Leliu's skin, muscles, and bones, trying to melt a living person into mud.
Yang Leliu's lips moved, as if responding to Xia Jing.
Behind Xia Jing, Sha Yu was held down by Song Yang, panting, with veins bulging on his forehead.
Fei Shengxiao covered her mouth with her hands, her cheeks covered with tear marks.
Li Mian stood silently at the connection between the carriage and the cab.
Wang Zhi huddled at the end of the carriage, not saying a word.
For a moment, the entire train fell into silence. Everyone held their breath, waiting for that moment in pain and tension.
Suddenly, a muffled "clicking" sound came from between the train and the track under everyone's feet.
——The train actually stopped!
Inertia caused several people to fall forward suddenly!
Xia Jing took a step to the side, stood firm, and immediately looked up and glanced around.
They stopped in the middle of the field and stood still!
Fei Shengxiao held onto the seat beside him and exclaimed in shock, "The train stopped? Sister Yang, Sister Yang, did it work?!"
Li Mian whispered, "No, we haven't quit the game yet."
Fei Shengxiao was stunned, and everyone immediately looked at Yang Leliu again, their hearts beating violently.
Can Yang Leliu find the button to completely exit this holographic game?
Is she still searching?
Yang Leliu in the pipe just remained silent, maintaining a twisted posture, and was melted bit by bit.
Three minutes later, a sound pierced the night.
The train suddenly restarted and started moving forward with a "click" and "click" sound.
Xia Jing paused, turned around, and looked at Song Yang.
Song Yang was silent for a moment and let go of Sha Yu.
Several people looked at them blankly. Song Yang whispered to Li Mian, "Chop it off."
This round of attempts should be over.
Li Mian closed his eyes and swung his knife fiercely.
*
Return to the beginning of this level.
After Song Yang and Sha Yu came out of the cab, Sha Yu rushed to his resurrected wife and they hugged each other tightly. Song Yang turned around and looked up at the small advertising screen.
The progress bar at the top of the small screen is almost at the end.
The small text at the bottom reads: "Damn food, you actually dared to backstab your master twice! If you do it again, you can't play this game anymore!"
Xia Jing was right.
They now have only one last chance.
Yang Leliu calmed down and said with tears in her eyes, "I just found the game control panel. It was when the train stopped!"
This sentence was like a thunderclap, but Yang Leliu immediately said: "But I couldn't click the exit button. I, I don't know if it was because my consciousness was about to disappear at that time!"
However, this news is exciting enough.
Song Yang and Xia Jing's analyses were all correct, and they were getting closer and closer to victory!
Song Yang took the lead again and walked towards the cab, knocking on the door. Several people followed eagerly.
When the conductor lowered his head and began to write, Sha Yu suddenly kicked the door and yelled, "Let me in, you bastard!"
Li Mian also stared closely at the blonde in the cab, gritted his teeth and whispered, "Let me in."
Song Yang's face was gloomy, and he stared at the train conductor motionlessly, obviously thinking the same thing.
They don't have any more chances, they must succeed this time.
When everyone's heartstrings were tense to the extreme, everyone could almost hear each other's heartbeats.
Fei Shengxiao suddenly asked weakly, "Oh, right, it just occurred to me—if we can successfully leave the game, can the last person stuffed into the pipe still go with us?"
Several people were stunned, even Song Yang was stunned.
They haven't had time to think about this problem yet.
Li Mian subconsciously said, "As long as he's not dead, he'll naturally leave the game with us, right?"
But as soon as he said this, Li Mian realized something.
——As long as he is not dead.
The prerequisite is that the player can successfully call up the game panel and click to exit before he dies.
However, the fact is that Yang Leliu tried his best but failed to reach the last step.
If the last player selected can surpass Yang Leliu and complete the entire task before losing consciousness, it will be a huge success.
It is almost impossible for the other party to survive to the end...
When this thought was born in everyone's mind, a calm and gentle voice woke them up: "The conductor has given the conditions."
Several people subconsciously looked back.
"Only passengers who meet the following conditions may open the door of the cab and enter the cab:
1. No gender restrictions;
2. People who are imprisoned.
Everyone was stunned.
"The imprisoned person"?
What kind of weird condition is this?
Which of them was imprisoned?
The first time Song Yang saw this condition, he knew it had nothing to do with him.
He was annoyed that he wanted to solve the problem himself but had no chance, and at the same time he was examining this condition which was completely different from the previous ones.
Just then, he heard a chuckle, and a premonition arose in his heart, and he suddenly turned his head.
The young man stood beside him, staring at the cab as if he was staring at his prey.
He whispered, "Looks like it's finally my turn."