bdsm-fiction Chapter 277 Train Rules
Chapter 277 Train Rules
Chapter 277 Train Rules
The text in the newspaper has changed again.
This time, however, the text was clearly visible and not as chaotic as before. Instead, it consisted of lines of short phrases made up of small Chinese characters.
[Midnight Train: KD (I-Chuan I) model steam train.]
Welcome aboard this train. The train will make three stops before reaching its final destination. We hope you will remember the train rules during your journey.
"Isn't this a bizarre rule?"
Tang Zijun raised an eyebrow, a hint of interest rising in her heart.
I'd only ever seen this kind of thing in novels before, and now that I've actually encountered it, it's impossible for him not to be interested. This is way more interesting than murder mystery games!
[Rule (1): The train travels on railway tracks, and the route passes through plains; there are no snow-capped mountains, no oceans, and certainly no penguins. The key to the journey is the destination; please do not be captivated by the scenery along the way.]
[Rule (II): This train offers free catering services. Passengers who wish to eat can go directly to the catering car to collect their meals. One meal per person is recommended to avoid waste.]
[Rule (3): The train will only stop when it arrives at a stop, and the train will sound its horn ten minutes before stopping to give a warning.]
Passengers who need to rest may disembark for three minutes. Please note that the rest period is three minutes, after which the train will depart.
[Rule (4): There are ten passengers in each carriage. If you don't see them, don't be surprised, because they can't see you either.]
Upon seeing this, Tang Zijun subconsciously looked around, paused for a moment, and then smiled without saying a word.
Continue reading down from that point.
[Rule (5): During the train journey, if you notice someone looking at you from outside the window, please avoid eye contact and crouch under your seat.]
[Rule (6): There are no train attendants on this train. If you see someone dressed as a train attendant, please ignore them and simply sit in your seat and pretend to be asleep.]
[Rule (7): While the train is in motion, leaving the carriage is strictly prohibited. All passengers are requested to consciously abide by this rule and maintain order and hygiene on the train.]
Finally, I hope everyone enjoys this trip.
After reading through them one by one, Tang Zijun couldn't help but nod.
And you know what? It actually looks pretty convincing.
If we consider the methods used to manipulate prey in the real world, each of these seven rules should correspond to more than one way of dying, and all of them should have extremely tragic consequences.
If some ordinary people who are unaware of the situation were to fall into this place, they would probably indeed be manipulated by the rulers.
As for that so-called "final stop," Tang Zijun didn't believe a word of it.
In this vicious cycle, there is no final destination. Any ordinary person who enters this place will endlessly repeat the train's journey.
Even if someone manages to carefully navigate through the level, they'll probably wake up on a moving train with no memory of what happened when they reach the final stop.
Tang Zijun casually tossed the newspaper onto the small table and stretched.
The investigation is irrelevant; seeing these rules and regulations already proves that the experts' guesses were correct. The real world does indeed have its own rules.
The only difference is that these rules are far too weak.
The screen was so fragile that it would shatter at the slightest touch, and even Tang Zijun dared not unleash it too much, for fear that the rules of the Reversal World he controlled would instantly reverse everything here.
Compared to the vast Inverted World, the Surface World, a dimension the size of a sesame seed, is utterly insignificant, which is why the Shadow Clan was able to easily invade so many Surface Worlds.
When more powerful dimensional rules invade this place, these surface worlds have virtually no room to resist and will be assimilated by the other party, transforming into another form.
Just as Tang Zijun was pondering this, he discovered that Tang Cao and Qin Nan had also discovered the existence of the rules in their respective carriages and were communicating with each other using "telepathy".
After Tang Zijun discovered this, she quickly took out the Dark Radiance card and began to 'eavesdrop'.
"...This must be what they call the rules. As long as we abide by these rules, the ruler won't attack us."
However, it should be noted that there may be some false information contained in the rules.
Hearing Qin Nan's words, Tang Cao nodded thoughtfully.
Sister Nan is right, and I've also noticed something else: there's a high chance that some unusual phenomena might occur in the carriages that aren't mentioned in the rules.
At this moment, Tangcao's face was serious, and she had completely changed from her previous relaxed and lively state.
"What do you mean by 'abnormal phenomenon'?" Qin Nan asked curiously.
Tang Cao was silent for a moment, exchanged a glance with Xiao Bai, and then responded.
There was a loud knocking at the toilet at the back of my carriage, as if someone was locked inside. I didn't make any sudden moves.
"Knocking on the bathroom door from inside?" Qin Nan was clearly taken aback. "Still knocking?"
"Here I am.
Inside the carriage, Tang Cao nodded solemnly.
I don't know what's inside. Sometimes it will switch from knocking to scratching at the door with its fingernails; it sounds very strange.
Upon hearing this, Qin Nan stroked his chin, his expression changing. "If that's the case, it probably means that the rules we've found aren't complete; there are other rules existing elsewhere."
"That's what I thought too, but I haven't looked around carefully yet. Maybe there are other rules hidden in other parts of the carriage." Tang Cao thought for a moment and said.
"Don't move."
Qin Nan paused for a moment before speaking.
I'll search. Since our first seven rules are the same, it proves that the other rules should also be the same. There are very likely other 'passengers' hiding in the carriage. I'm of higher rank than you, so even if I disturb them, they can't threaten me.
"Okay." Tang Cao had no objections. "Then I'll leave it to you, Sister Nan. I'll wait for your news."
The two girls' exchange ended quickly, and the "telepathic" channel returned to silence.
The train swayed slightly, its wheels screeching on the rails, giving the impression that it could derail at any moment.
The scenery outside the window flickered like a phantom; trees, fields, and distant mountains were shrouded in a dark mist, giving one a strange sense of oppression.
Tang Zijun leaned close to the car window and waved gently.
The scenery outside the car window changed drastically in the next moment.
The mist over the fields outside the window had completely disappeared, and a toilet could be vaguely seen in the blurry reflection of the glass, making it look as if a toilet had been attached to the outside of the train car.
Boom boom boom!
A hurried sound suddenly rang out.
As if someone were knocking impatiently on the door, the sound instantly reached Tang Zijun's ears through the reflection in the glass.
This must be the bathroom that Tangcao mentioned, the one where there was always a knocking sound.
Strangely, the bathroom was completely empty. Tang Zijun used the Reverse World technique to project the reflection of the car window onto the mirror on the bathroom sink, allowing him to clearly see the interior structure of the bathroom.
The bathroom was small; it was already cramped for two people. Besides a dilapidated sink and a toilet, there was nothing else.
Let alone any unknown creatures imprisoned here, this place doesn't even look like it has any life.
"interesting.."
Tang Zijun raised an eyebrow.
"This must be something like the 'invisible' passengers. It seems that the Dominator won't reveal itself unless the rules are broken."
The bathroom was like Schrödinger's box containing his cat, and the cat was the master inside, invisible until the bathroom door was opened.
Even though Tang Zijun opened up a perspective by using the portal to the Reversed World, the ruler within it remained unobservable.
Tang Zijun had seen the Dominators before. He had even captured one of them, the strange being that imitated Tang Cao and unknowingly replaced Tang Cao, the one that Da Xin had been dragging along.
That thing was truly bizarre; it was definitely not an enemy that Tangcao could have defeated at the time.
Whether the ruler can even be considered an "enemy" is still open to debate.
Unlike the Shadow Clan and the Outer Demons, and completely different from the Greedy Ones, the Dominators have no specific shape, no independent abilities, and even perish on their own after being taken away from the surface world.
They cycle through death loops, as if their existence were created by the surface world.
In fact, Tang Zijun had been wondering since the first time she encountered the Dominator. Could the Dominator be some kind of manifestation of the surface world? Does that mean that the surface world also has "thoughts"?
This conjecture is perhaps a bit too far-fetched; even the expert team at the Demon Surveillance Bureau probably wouldn't make such a bold assumption.
In fact, Tang Zijun himself was a little unsure, since he didn't know much about the watch world, but this might be one way to unveil the mystery of the watch world.
However, just as Tang Zijun was sitting in her chair lost in thought, a harsh rolling sound suddenly came from behind her.
The sound of the wheels rolling did not come from outside the train, but from inside this carriage, and it was not far from Tang Zijun.
Tang Zijun raised her hand to disperse the reflection on the car window, then suddenly turned her head around.
Immediately afterwards, he saw that the closed door at the end of the carriage had opened at some point, and a swaying figure, barely able to walk, was pushing a dining cart into the carriage.
The figure had human features and a face, and was wearing an old-fashioned flight attendant uniform. The entire person was gray and white, making it seem as if they had stepped out of an old photograph.
Tang Zijun was startled upon seeing this.
The warnings in the rules were still fresh in my mind, and an indescribable sense of crisis welled up in my heart.
The moment the flight attendant entered the carriage, he noticed Tang Zijun looking at him, and gradually, a smile seemed to appear on his stiff and strange face.
"Sir, is there anything you'd like to buy?"
The flight attendant didn't speak, but that hoarse, terrifying voice echoed out.
Tang Zijun stared intently at his face, her breath catching in her throat.
Then, her gaze slowly fell upon his uniform.
The next moment, Tang Zijun smiled.
"How much are your clothes?"