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Chapter 516 - 482 Professional Security Team

Chapter 516: Chapter 482 Professional Security Team

Nai Zi nodded lightly. Even though she hadn’t looked, she knew Jiang Xiao Yi must have seen something.

"I feel it, a very strange sensation."

And just then, the passengers inside the train stood up once again and repeated that eerie dance, as if responding to the presence of the shadowy figures.

In Jiang Xiao’s line of sight, those two figures became clearer and clearer.

Jiang Xiao couldn’t help but step forward, wanting to see more clearly what these two shadowy figures really were.

But just as he was about to step out, Nai Zi suddenly reached out and grabbed him.

"Don’t!" Nai Zi’s voice, sensing Jiang Xiao was about to move forward, was filled with panic, "The rules said, don’t look, don’t listen, don’t get closer."

Jiang Xiao stopped in his tracks.

Rules?

Rules were made to be broken.

He shook off Nai Zi’s hand and walked forward resolutely, each step heavy and firm.

As he gradually approached the two shadows, Jiang Xiao’s heart was filled with questions.

He could feel a familiar, eerie scent, the one he had encountered in his previous adventures, the kind that made one’s skin crawl and sent chills down one’s spine.

However, as he got closer, his nose seemed to catch a whiff of an unusual odor...

It was a bitter and slightly "sweet" scent, starkly different from the putrid smell of strangeness.

Jiang Xiao’s brows furrowed, his intuition telling him these weren’t simply strange entities.

It seemed they were resisting something with all their might, but couldn’t completely break free from the shackles of the dark mist.

He noticed that the edges of the shadows occasionally flickered with light.

That was the power of the shadows themselves struggling against the eerie forces, but that light appeared so weak, almost swallowed by the darkness.

"Explain the situation?"

Jiang Xiao couldn’t understand, but many in the live stream started making wild speculations.

[Do you remember what the little girl just said? Could her parents have suffered the same fate as these shadows?]

[I fucking feel like these two shadows are the little girl’s mom and dad, you know?]

[Uh, if that’s true, then the little girl’s parents seem to be fighting against the strangeness on the train?]

[Possible! No wonder, no wonder there are so few rules this time, turns out someone’s blocking the source of the strangeness!]

[Shit, it’s just a pity this time outside reminders are restricted, otherwise, it’d be easy to deal with...]

But there were also those who speculated wildly and expressed opposing views.

[Why do you all assume the shadows are the little girl’s parents? Perhaps the strange forces are her parents, you know?]

That makes some sense, but it’s not highly likely, because although the little girl killed Bearded Bro, overall, she doesn’t seem to display any proactive harmfulness.

At the very least, she gets along very well with Sanyou Youcai.

Such strangeness could completely be classified as "Friendly Strange".

...

Jiang Xiao quietly moved closer, trying to find clues in the actions of the shadows.

He discovered that although the shadows were tightly ensnared by the eerie black mist, they were still making struggling movements, seemingly refusing to become part of the strangeness with all their might.

This persistence shocked Jiang Xiao, for in his experience, once a person was eroded by strange forces, they would quickly lose themselves and become a part of that strangeness.

Up to now.

Only Nai Zi’s sister, Xiao Ya, relying on her talent, had performed self-hypnosis, bringing her gift and the power of the strange to mutual destruction to escape the ordeal.

However, these two shadows seemed to maintain some form of self-awareness, which was extremely rare even in the bizarre world.

Jiang Xiao couldn’t help but feel an inexplicable sympathy and respect for these two shadows.

They still maintained their resistance even in despair, and this spirit moved him.

He couldn’t resist reaching out his hand, wanting to touch those shadows, to see if he could give them some strength.

But just as his fingers were about to touch the shadows, Ling Zi’s voice rang out again, full of urgency and plea.

"Jiang Xiao, don’t! We must not break the rules, or it could lead to even greater danger!"

Ling Zi, with her eyes closed, seemed to sense that Jiang Xiao was touching a dangerous power and cried out anxiously with her mouth.

Her character was the polar opposite of Jiang Xiao’s; she always played it safe unless it was absolutely necessary.

According to Ling Zi’s thinking, the top priority now should be to find the train driver, or the locomotive.

Jiang Xiao’s hand stalled in mid-air, his heart filled with turmoil.

He knew Ling Zi was right, but deep within his heart, a voice was telling him that he might be able to do something, he might be able to change the fate of these two shadows.

"Never mind, after all, this time the ’Kaidan’ involves Shi Shi, I better not meddle for now."

After all, the shadows were here and not going anywhere, he could come back at any time...

In the end, he withdrew his hand and turned to look at Ling Zi.

Her eyes were still tightly shut, but her expression revealed a slight relief.

At that moment, the train also emerged from the long tunnel, and the blinding sunlight poured through the windows into the carriage, as if instantly dispelling all the gloom.

The eerie dance stopped, and the passengers all returned to normal, those who were sleeping continued to sleep, and those who were chatting resumed their conversations as if nothing had happened.

As for the shadows...

Naturally, they had all vanished.

Just then, the ticket inspector appeared...

Behind her was a group of strong and professional security guards.

Jiang Xiao and Ling Zi exchanged glances, both realizing the trouble that was about to come.

They tried to relax their bodies so as not to let the ticket inspector notice anything unusual.

This time, the ticket inspector’s demeanor was clearly different from the slack attitude she had shown during the previous inspection.

Her steps were swift, her gaze firmly fixed on Jiang Xiao and Ling Zi.

The security guards following her were also serious, and the electric batons in their hands buzzed lowly from time to time, which sounded particularly harsh in the quiet carriage.

All the passengers in the carriage shrank their necks, not daring to speak.

"Ticket."

When she came beside Jiang Xiao, the ticket inspector’s voice was crisp and clear, void of any emotional fluctuation.

Jiang Xiao instinctively reached into his chest, but his movement immediately stiffened.

Was the ticket gone?

Since he had been following Ling Zi, Jiang Xiao hadn’t paid attention to his ticket, and therefore didn’t know that every half hour, the ticket on the Chosen One would disappear.

"Uh..." Jiang Xiao gave an awkward smile, "Could you give me two minutes, no, one minute? I’ll borrow one on the spot?"

The ticket inspector coldly replied, "What do you think?"

"He’s my friend!"

Ling Zi stepped forward, standing in front of Jiang Xiao.

"Ling Zi, give me some face, just let it go this time, can you?"

The ticket inspector shook her head: clearly, she did not intend to do Ling Zi this favor.