Abyss Express

The rails and steel wheels shook the carriage slightly.

More than an hour had passed since Jiang Xueming left the station.

He didn't know how far the car had driven, or what was waiting for him at the destination.

But he was ready to leave the last few words in his will.

Turn to the passenger guide catalog on the title page——

——The sudden light source drew his gaze away.

He looked out of the window. The train had just rushed out of the narrow tunnel, and the surrounding landscape became empty and remote. As far as he could see, there were crimson magma lakes and dangerous mountains and strange rocks far away from the lake.

Eight huge steel-framed bridges support dozens of railways, and red and green signal lights stand on the turnouts between the railways.

Jiang Xueming could vaguely see other trains passing by on the railway track not far away every few minutes.

He also saw that in a darker place, where the red warning light was on, something seemed to flash past.

Unable to suppress the curiosity in his heart, he leaned half of his body out of the car window, trying to see clearly the railway that was emitting an alarm light in the dark cave.

Under the orange light of the magma lake, the foundation of the railway had been destroyed, and the decayed steel bars fell into the lake and immediately melted into molten iron.

Safety warnings and construction maintenance signs were set up under the red light boards.

Peering further inside, he could vaguely make out the dark shadows on the path of the cave.

Those shadows don't look like humans, let alone construction equipment.

In the chaotic light and shadow, there seemed to be many monsters hidden in the cave.

The hum of their flapping wings travels far, far away, even though they are hundreds of meters apart. Xueming could still hear that maddening noise, making people uneasy.

Right now, right now.

A hand slapped Jiang Xueming's shoulder fiercely, and pulled him back into the car from the window.

"Brother! What are you looking at!"

Xue Ming was quite frightened, not because of the unknown creatures in the cave. But just now half of his body was outside the window.

A sudden slap on the shoulder almost knocked out Xue Ming's soul.

He was savagely pulled back to his seat by a huge force, and then he saw - this uninvited passenger also kept looking out, tried his best to get out of the window, and heard the guy's noisy voice.

"What the hell? So pretty? Brother, what were you looking at just now? Which direction?"

Seeing that the passenger had almost climbed to the roof of the car, he was still complaining.

"Where is it? Hey brother! Why don't you talk?"

Jiang Xueming finally came back to his senses and explained: "Oh! I saw a cave with a red warning light on, and it was being repaired and maintained. But there seemed to be a monster in that cave."

"Hi! I thought it was some kind of strange thing." The passenger outside the car window was agile, got back in the blink of an eye, and stood on the aisle to pat the mud and soot off his body.

Only then did Xue Ming see the passenger's appearance clearly.

It was a tall young man, close to 1.9 meters tall, with broad shoulders and thick knuckles.

Like Xue Ming, that person was wearing the standard long coat issued by the customer service department.

The pink shirt and strong chest muscles can be seen from the neckline of the long coat. The muscles of the thigh and calf are bulging, filling the jeans to the full, and the gold zippers on the big leather boots are very eye-catching.

The man took off his cowboy hat, and under the illumination of the lava lake and the cold light of the carriage, his facial features looked very young.

He looked only eighteen or nineteen years old, with no beard, thick eyebrows and big eyes.

His nose was straight and his lips were thick and fleshy. The black eyes accounted for one-half of the eyes, and they looked radiant. The messy brown hair covered the ears and the center of the eyebrows, and he brushed the back of his head with his hands, making him look fresh and neat.

After the passenger returned to the carriage, he threw a large backpack beside Xue Ming's seat, and sat across from him carelessly.

Originally, the seating space arranged for the guests was quite ample. But this huge backpack almost blocked the way out, and he didn't intend to move it away at all-it seemed that this reckless young man gave Jiang Xueming a blow.

"Can you put away your things?" Jiang Xueming frowned. He was pushed by this guy outside the car window just now, and now the way out of the seat is blocked.

"Oh! I'm sorry." The young man got up immediately and threw the backpack to the seat next door.

Jiang Xueming thought to himself - this guy doesn't look very smart

When the young man returned to the seat opposite Xue Ming, he took out the bus information card and ticket from his coat pocket, and said to Xue Ming seriously, "Hey, brother, the boss arranged for me to follow you, and asked me to come with you." to the same place."

Jiang Xueming remained silent, looking suspiciously at the reckless boy in front of him.

The young man squatted down, propped his chin with both hands, leaned towards Jiang Xueming——and said, "My surname is Bu, and my name is Bu Liuxing. You can call me A Xing. What should I call you?"

"Jiang Xueming."

"Hey? Good! Good name!" Ah Xing clapped his hands and laughed, "Wu Gou is frosty and snowy, like a shooting star. I think you look very reliable. When we arrive at the destination, the mission arranged by the boss That's not killing random people with their hands."

"Hi, Xing."

"Hey! Amin, you too!"

In this way, mindless and unhappy is a greeting.

After Bu Meteor sat down, he never stayed idle.

This young man fully explained to Xue Ming what it means to be a top chatterbox.

"I'm a native of HK, I'm a Leo! What's your zodiac sign, Amin?

I see that you don't like to talk, you must be a Cancer, and Cancer people are boring.

There are many good-looking young ladies at the station. I asked for a few phone numbers. Do you want them? We met for the first time, and I don't have any gifts for you.

Every passenger at this station has a story, Amin, why did you come here? Can you tell me your story? Make me happy?

If you don’t want to say it, forget it. Why are you staring at me fiercely?”

Xue Ming's anger level rose visibly with the naked eye, and he secretly wondered if he had made the cat angry when they met for the first time.

Otherwise, how could the BOSS arrange such a guy to be with him? It was simply mental torture.

He covered his forehead, and for the sake of work, he reluctantly said: "No, I'm not angry."

"It's good not to be angry." Bu Liuxing regained his energy and talked about the train accident just now: "Hey, Amin, it's the first time for me to ride a train at this station just like you. There are many things I don't understand. We have to help each other and remind each other."

Jiang Xueming: "Well, you're right."

A Xing went on to explain: "The shadow you saw in the accident section in the cave just now was not a monster, but the maintenance personnel at Nine Realms Station were working."

"Inspector?"

"That's right, it's also the first time I've seen those things." A Xing opened the ride log, snatched the log from Xue Ming's hand, and turned to the same page, "Look, it's written in the contents of the ride log! At present The railway maintenance unit at the station - Yarn Sheep III."

Yarn sheep were originally strange creatures in the underground world, and they can be found in Blocks 47 to 88.

Their shape resembles that of a dragonfly, an insect of the order Anoptera, hence the name yarn sheep.

The body length of adult yarn sheep is about 160 cm to 200 cm, and the body size of females is larger than that of males.

One hundred and forty years ago, individuals who could communicate with humans appeared in the population of yarn sheep, and learned human language. The scientific research station deduced that the mutation should be caused by the yarn sheep itself having been in contact with the inhabitants of the astral world for a long time, and obtained the mysterious knowledge of the astral world.

It wasn't long before the bugs became the station's new employees.

They can carry engineering materials several times their own weight over suspension bridges, and have the ability to reverse in the air. In modern society, the flight maneuvers of helicopters may not be able to catch up with these gifted giant insects.

After three generations of evolution, the scientific research station has tailor-made matching engineering protective gear and communication equipment for yarn sheep.

There are also uncivilized yarn sheep individuals in many unknown areas, and they are also important criteria for detecting madness index and spiritual disaster.

Ah Xing was beaming with joy and eloquently said: "How is it? It's amazing, right? When I saw this thing on the page, I thought, there must be oxygen-rich land in the underground world, otherwise how could these bugs grow so big! And there must be A well-fed biosphere."

"A Xing." Jiang Xueming quickly flipped through the manual without raising his head: "Tell me about your story. I want to know more about you. Why did you come to this station?"

Bu Liuxing was stunned for a while: "Do you want to know me?"

"Yes." Xue Ming raised his head and sat upright: "We are going to the same place and doing the same thing. In this dangerous underground world, we have to depend on each other."

"Depending on each other." Ah Xing finally became serious, put away his thoughts, and said something that was not serious at all, "I'm here to have fun."

Jiang Xueming didn't seem to understand.

Meteor repeats again.

"I came here to have fun, but I thought life was too boring and I needed some excitement.

My mother owns two pieces of land in the South District and the East District, and Victoria Harbor can be seen across the sea. Since I was a child, my life has been clearly arranged.

I have played all kinds of extreme sports. My mother wants me to go back to England to study and live a good life, but I don't want to study. "

Jiang Xueming asked again: "How did you get your ticket?"

Bu Liuxing replied: "I stole it. I want to go to the prison to experience it. I remember that what I stole was a bus ticket, but the police officer insisted that it was banknotes. At that time, I felt something was wrong."

"You want to go to jail?" This is beyond Jiang Xueming's comprehension and belongs to the blind spot of knowledge: "Why?"

Bu Liuxing lowered his head, and his expression became depressed: "I want to know what it's like in the cell. A friend told me that the rent is so expensive now, and it costs more than 3,000 yuan to live in any place. Fish ball rice starts at 30 yuan, plus Fresh fruits cost five to six thousand yuan a month. How can college students who just graduated survive here? The way out for young people is to go to prison, free food and lodging, go to bed on time, and don’t have to squeeze the subway.”

"From what you said, are you here to experience life at the station?" Jiang Xueming pursed his lips, feeling that the guy in front of him was unreliable.

"I'm reliable." Bu Liuxing was in a hurry, wanting to prove his ability: "I'm very good. Look at my skills!"

Before the words were finished, the rash young man was about to go out of the window again.

Ah Xing stepped on the edge of the window, his whole body hanging outside, like a child who is angry, pouting to prove himself.

"Jiang Xueming! Did you see that? I'm not afraid!"

The strong wind outside the window made Ah Xing's clothes rattle, and there was a golden-red magma lake under the abyss.

The train drove quickly over the suspension bridge and crashed into the tunnel crossing.

At that moment, Jiang Xueming quickly pulled the daredevil back from the window.

It was only a little short of that, and the Bu Meteor was about to become a fleshy flesh on the rock wall of the tunnel entrance.

After the car entered the tunnel, the strong changes in temperature and air pressure inside and outside the car caused the entire car body to shake.

Bu Meteor was still in shock, and when he was pulled into the carriage, he only felt a pain in his neck, as if a lion was biting his throat and dragged along. By the time he realized it, he had already fallen on the aisle.

Going to see Xueming again——

——He still has the same indifferent expression, the nails on his right hand are turned out, with bruises from tearing clothes, and he takes the nail clippers to clean it up little by little.

Bu Liuxing touched his body, wiped off the cold sweat on his head, and stood in a daze for a long time before getting up.

"Oh! It's so exciting!" He returned to his seat and changed back to his fierce and fierce look, "Mr. Xueming! The first time I saw you, I knew you were very reliable!"

Jiang Xueming waved his hand as if chasing flies, and said flatly: "Let me tell you why I came to this station. After all, we need to cooperate. I hope you can take this journey seriously."

Bu Meteor: "Okay! I will definitely listen carefully."

Immediately afterwards, Xue Ming truthfully told this kid about his experience and his sister's condition.

At first, he just hoped that this unscrupulous boy would be a little more serious. Enter the working state.

Later, he said that he began to write a will. Look at Bu Meteor's demeanor, no matter how you look at it, something is wrong.

The big boy had a red nose and watery eyes, and he just cried.

"No." Jiang Xueming didn't want this result: "Don't do this."

"I'm sorry, I'm just so sentimental." Bu Liuxing took out a tissue from his backpack to wipe his nose, and replied, "I've always cried since I was a child. There's no way I can cry too much."

By the time Xueming finished speaking, Bu Liuxing was already sobbing.

The kid was lying on the table with his head buried in his arms, and there was a humming sound coming from the sleeves of his clothes.

Xue Ming explained the whole story clearly, and then asked: "So, did you understand?"

"Understood." Bu Liuxing gritted his teeth and raised his head, blowing his nose and clenching his fists again: "I will definitely save my sister from the illness! Don't worry!"

"That." Xue Ming felt something was wrong, but couldn't say it out, "That's my sister, not your sister."

"Ah! I feel like I'm burning, and the feelings that have been silent in my heart for a long time are about to emerge from my chest!" Bu Liuxing held Xueming's hand tightly: "There is no doubt that Brother Jiang Xueming, just now, at the entrance of the tunnel , you saved my life."

Ah Xing's fiery eyes made it difficult to look directly at him, and he said with conviction.

"Every word you and I said, I firmly remember it in my heart. Our lives are like two parallel railroad tracks, and they finally meet on this train. Let me understand-this is my mission. "

Jiang Xueming said softly, "It's good for everyone if you watch less cartoons."

Bu Meteor is not forgiving: "I will always be by your side, and share life and death with you. Before repaying this kindness, I will not leave you."

Jiang Xueming: "All right."

Bu Liuxing wiped away his tears, and sat upright like Xueming, "Just like Amin, you want to know me, I also want to know you better."

"Oh..." Xue Ming only felt that his spirit had been greatly shocked. Getting along with this kid was scarier than any weird scene he had ever seen. "You can ask."

Bu Meteor took out his diary and pen in a similar manner, ready to take notes.

after a long time--

It seems that they don't know what to ask.

It seems that all the questions that should be asked have been asked, and all that should be known have been known.

— so he asked.

"What zodiac sign are you in?"